Creating an Artificial Halloween Pumpkin Patch

Looking to spice up your Halloween yard decorations? Trying to achieve a more natural look? Have you considered "planting" an artificial Halloween pumpkin patch? It's much easier than you think. Plus it lends a homey look to your Halloween yard. Small cheap variations can make it spooky or whimsical too. You can use real or artificial pumpkins for this innovative Halloween yard decoration. Creating an artificial Halloween pumpkin patch is a snap.

To create your basic Halloween pumpkin patch you will need:

*6 or more pumpkins (real or artificial)

*6 or more artificial vines from a craft store

Instructions:

*Poke the ends of the artificial vines into the ground.

*Trail vines outward in random patterns.

*"Plant" your pumpkins randomly about the vined area.

*Lay some pumpkins on their sides, leave others upright.

Spice up your pumpkin patch with these themes and decorations:

Want an old time pumpkin patch? Dress it up with tied corn stalks. Toss a few pumpkins in an old wooden peach basket. Add a bale of hay for pumpkin pickers to rest on. Stake a friendly scarecrow or two in the center of your pumpkin patch.

Pumpkins for sale? If you're selling Halloween pumpkins this year, consider creating an artificial pumpkin patch for curb appeal. Line a few pumpkins up in rows, but leave some behind them in the patch. Don't forget a prominent sign that beats local prices. Bring produce in at night or net to discourage wildlife from eating your profits.

Why not plant a real pumpkin patch for visibility? If you plan to sell your pumpkins, why not plant them in the front yard? Use that bare area you've been meaning to fix. This Halloween yard decoration cuts down on lawn maintenance too. You'll have less to mow.

How about a Farmers market theme? Add bushels of artificial apples, squash and other produce to your artificial Halloween pumpkin patch. Skip the sale signs unless you're really selling them though. Don't want anyone biting into those wax apples.

What to do with that giant plastic pumpkin? Why not create a whimsical "Great Pumpkin" pumpkin patch? Simply place it in the center of your Halloween pumpkin patch decor. Pop a blue ribbon on it or make a Great Pumpkin sign for effect.

Prefer a scary pumpkin patch? Accent it with yard monsters, black cats, crows and rats. Be sure to use tealights near your creatures for visibility. The flickering flames will make them appear to move. Even better: A cheap strobe light duplicate the effect of lightening. Don't forget the scary sounds CD.

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